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み山には　松の雪だに　きえなくに　宮こはのべの　わかなつみけり

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On the mountain / even the snow on the pines / has not melted / but in the capital / they are picking young shoots (of the fields (4)).

In almost all texts, this poem and poem 19 are switched.

み山: The み can be simply honorific, but it's more likely here that it means "deep mountain".

松の雪だに: だに indicates "even." Various explanations have been offered for why the poet says that "even" the snow in the pines has not vanished -- clearly this means that the snow on pines is expected to vanish first, but is it simply that the needles are small and don't hold much snow? I think it may just be that pine trees are being used for the scenery the poet sees, and that he simply means the snow on the trees melts quicker than the snow on the ground.

きえなくに: なくに is a holdover from OJ; a combination of the なく nominal form of the negative ず, plus the conjunctive に. "Even though it hasn't..."

のべのわかな: Many alternate texts read のべにわかな, which means "they are picking young shoots in the fields."

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 In almost all texts, this poem and poem 19 are switched.
+;み山
+:The み can be simply honorific, but it's more likely here that it means "deep mountain".
+;松の雪だに
+:だに indicates "even." Various explanations have been offered for why the poet says that "even" the snow in the pines has not vanished -- clearly this means that the snow on pines is expected to vanish first, but is it simply that the needles are small and don't hold much snow? I think it may just be that pine trees are being used for the scenery the poet sees, and that he simply means the snow on the trees melts quicker than the snow on the ground.
+;きえなくに
+:なくに is a holdover from OJ; a combination of the なく nominal form of the negative ず, plus the conjunctive に. "Even though it hasn't..."
+;のべのわかな
+:Many alternate texts read のべにわかな, which means "they are picking young shoots in the fields."
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